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Books

‘See One, Do One, Teach One’ is Grace Farris’s graphic memoir of med school: NPR

For most people, knowledge of what life is like on the job for healthcare workers comes primarily from two limited vantage points: watching television shows and experiencing their own patient care. The same is true for many people who eventually become doctors and nurses, as Grace Faris reminds us in her sensitive, energetic graphic memoir,

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Books

Public library and school Internet access at risk

Although the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) remains an independent agency of the government with oversight by Congress, as has been the case in the Trump-Vance administration, the agency’s role in federal operations has shifted to following the administration’s will and agenda. Current FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was appointed by Trump during his first administration and

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Cars

Your kids’ school bus is about to become a roving surveillance vehicle

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. Just last week, we published a story about how the companies that maintain automated license plate readers — and profit from selling the data they collect — are looking to track electronic

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Cars

Why do school zone signs use that distinctive loud, bright, fluorescent yellow-green color

Erman Gans/Getty Images You are the driver. This means that you subscribe to the rules and regulations of the road – and are expected to follow them. That is, unless you want to risk paying fees, losing your license, and going to jail. But you know the

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Motorcycles

Who steals motorcycles from a riding school in the spring? apparently someone in alaska

It’s the beginning of June, and that means all the schools offering motorcycle education courses in the Northern Hemisphere are in full swing. This certainly goes for the ABATE of Anchorage rider education course in Alaska. Only, it’s about to get even more difficult now, because the nonprofit Rider School had not one, not two,

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